Nail-clipper and cigar-cutter.



No. 890,922. I PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

J. C. PBTTIBONE.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. PETTIBONE, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE E.PETTIBONE,

' OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

NAIL-CLIPPER AND CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application led August 30, 1906. Serial No. 332,626.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. PETTIBONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ansonia, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Nail-Clipper and Cigar-Cutter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to pocket implements capable of being used for avariety of purposes, and has particular reference to such devices usedfor clipping and cleaning the finger nails.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device of thecharacter stated, which shall combine means for cutting cigar tips withmeans for clipping the finger nails.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterstated, having means for locking the jaws or members closed, so that thedevice will occupy the least possible space in the pocket. A

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterstated, which shall be simple, durable and inexpensive, all as will bemore fully described hereinafter.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a plan view of a deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the other side ofthe device. Fig. 3 represents an edge view of the device with the twomembers locked in closed position. sents an edge view opposite the viewin Fig. 3, and showing the two members open and ready for use. Fig. 5represents a longitudinal section of the device, the two members beinglocked in closed position and showing a modified form of spring.

Similar reference 'characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe views.

The implement comprises two main members 10 and 11 pivoted together asat 12. For convenience of description, the member 10 will be hereinafterreferred to as the upper member, and the member 11 as the lower member.As a matter of fact, however, the implement may be used with eithermember uppermost according to the convenience of the owner.

Each member is preferably formed of sheet metal pressed to form flanges,which iian es provide cutting portions and the supports or Fig. 4reprethe ivot 12 and also the locking recesses hereinafter described.

At one edge of the implement, portions of the flanges are curved andsharpened. and formed to meet so as to form nail clipper jaws 13. Theiianges at the opposite edge of the implement are formed to overlap andprovided with curved shearing portions to form the cigar cutter jaws 14.

The flanges of the upper member are notched or recessed, as at 15, (seeFig. 4), and the flanges of the lower member are notched or recessed asat 16. When the two members are closed to the position shown in Figs. 3and 5, the notches or recesses 15, 16 register or are in alinement.

A slide 17 is mounted in the upper member and is formed with lockinglugs or dogs 18 adapted to enter the notches or recesses 15, 16, whenthe latter are in alinement, so as -to hold the'two members of theimplement locked in the closed position, as shown in Fig. 3. Said slideis mainly held in its position in the upper member by a button 19 theshank of which passes through a slot 2O in said upper member and isriveted or otherwise secured to the slide. Said button holds the slidein place and serves also as the means by which the user may project orretract the slide. Preferably one end of the slide is elongated andformed with a pointed tip to constitute a nail cleaner 21 which may beprojected through a hole or recess 22 in the end of the member 10.

Fig. 1 shows the nail cleaner and slide retracted, and Fig. 4 shows itas projected.

For convenience in operating the cutting jaws of the two members, theyshould be normally open or thrown apart by a spring, so that the userwill only have to close the member when using the implement. Asindicated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, said spring may comprise anintegral portion 23 of the lower member, said portion being curvedupward and over and bearing upon the upper surface of the upper memberback of the pivotal point. To reduce the strength of the spring thusformed, the tongue of metal which forms it is preferably cut outcentrally, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

As shown in Fig. 5, the spring may comprise a wire 24 coiled around thepivot pin 12 and having its ends bearing against the inner faces of thetwo members of the implement. One or both of the outer faces of the twomembers may be grooved and roughened, as indicated at in Fig. 2, toconstitute nail iiling portions.

When the implement is to be employed either in. clipping nails or forcutting the tip of a cigar, the user will simply press against thebutton 19 so as to shift it and the locking slide in a direction awayfrom the hinge or pivoted point of the two members of the implement.This unlocks the two members and the spring will throw them apart to theposition shown in Fig. 4. The user will simply press the two memberstogether in the manner of ordinary spring pliers so as to cut `whateveris to be operated upon by the jaws of the implement. While the slide isin the projected position mentioned, the nail cleaner 21 may be usedeither while the spring is holding the members apart or while saidmembers are held pressed together by the ngers of the user.

Having now described my invention I claim:

1. An implement of the character described comprising cutting jawspivotally connected, a spring for normally o ening said jaws, said jawshaving side anges formed with recesses adapted to register when the jawsare closed, and a slide having lugs to engage said recesses to hold thejaws closed.

2. An implement of the character described comprising two memberspivoted together and each formed with flanges, portions of said flangesbeing formed as cutters, said flanges having notches or recesses adaptedto register when the members are closed, and a slide having lugs adaptedto engage said recesses.

3. An implement of the characterl described comprising two memberspivoted together and each formed with flanges, portions of said flangesbeing formed as cutters, said fianges having notches or recesses adaptedto register when the members are closed, and a slide having lugs adaptedto engage said recesses, the said lslide being formed with a pointedouter end to form a nail cleaner.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. PETTIBONE. j

Witnesses:

C. S. BoiEs, W. L. WARD.

